{{short description|American novelist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Howard A. Rodman | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Screenwriter * author * professor }} | known_for = ''Savage Grace''<br /> ''August''<br />''Joe Gould's Secret''<br />''Destiny Express''<br />''The Great Eastern'' | spouse = {{marriage|Anne Friedberg|1990|2009|end=d.}}<br>{{marriage|Mary Beth Heffernan|2017}} }}
'''Howard A. Rodman''' is a screenwriter, author and professor. He is the former President of the Writers Guild of America, West, professor and former chair of the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.usc.edu/faculty/profile.cfm?id=6619&first=&last=&title=&did=19&referer=facultydirectory.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=31|title=USC Cinematic Arts | Directory of SCA Faculty|website=cinema.usc.edu|accessdate=July 29, 2024}}</ref> alumnus of Telluride Association Summer Program<ref>{{Cite web| title=TASP Alumni News | page=7 | url=https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/77_2_1990_Feb.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719210445/https://www.tellurideassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/77_2_1990_Feb.pdf | archive-date=2021-07-19}}</ref> and an artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sundance Institute|url=http://history.sundance.org/people/24164}}</ref>
He is the son of screenwriter Howard Rodman (1920–1985).
==Career== In his 20s and early 30s, Rodman was a typist, a legal proofreader, a mail-room clerk, a union organizer (for the Committee of Interns and Residents) and the guitarist for various lower-Manhattan post-punk bands (Made in USA, Arsenal, Soul Sharks).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://cinema.usc.edu/faculty/profile.cfm?id=6619| title = USC Cinematic Arts {{!}} Directory of SCA Faculty}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-a-rodman | work=Huffington Post | title=Howard A. Rodman}}</ref> Starting as editor-in-chief of ''The Cornell Daily Sun'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cornell Daily Sun|url=http://cornellsun.com/node/16695|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130120030158/http://cornellsun.com/node/16695|archivedate=2013-01-20}}</ref> Rodman has published scores of articles in venues including ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{Cite news|title=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/27/archives/jaywalking-with-a-twotime-loser.html | first=Howard A. | last=Rodman|date=May 27, 1971}}</ref> ''The Los Angeles Times'',<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/la-oe-rodman17oct17,0,1677290.story | first=Howard A. | last=Rodman|date=October 17, 2007}}</ref> ''Los Angeles Magazine'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Los Angeles Magazine|url=http://www.lamag.com/features/author/howard-a-rodman|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222031456/http://www.lamag.com/features/author/howard-a-rodman|archivedate=2014-02-22}}</ref> and the ''Village Voice'' (for which he was a monthly columnist).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117866448?refCatId=14|title=Variety|accessdate=July 29, 2024}}</ref>
His adaptations of Jim Thompson, David Goodis et al. for Showtime's ''Fallen Angels'' anthology series<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fallen Angels|website=IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105994/fullcredits#cast}}</ref> were directed by Steven Soderbergh and Tom Cruise. The screenplays were published in Fallen Angels: Six Noir Tales Told for Television.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fallen Angels: Six Noir Tales Told for Television|author=<!--Not stated--> |year=1994 |publisher= Grove Press|isbn=978-0802133830}}</ref> Rodman then wrote ''Joe Gould's Secret'', which opened the 2000 Sundance festival and was subsequently released by October/USA Films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyman |first=Rick |date=January 20, 2000 |title=Ferocious Buzz at Sundance, for Better or for Worse |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/012000sundance-preview.html |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> Rodman's original screenplay ''F.'' was selected by ''Premiere Magazine'' as one of Hollywood's Ten Best Unproduced Screenplays.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BAFTA Events Archive| date=May 22, 2014 |url=http://www.baftala.org/screenings/archive/index.php?page=17&type=event&year=}}</ref> Other films include ''Savage Grace'', starring Julianne Moore, and ''August'', with Josh Hartnett, Rip Torn, and David Bowie—both of which had their US premieres at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/madaboutmovies/2008/01/sundanceish_howard_rodman_fort.html|website=The Oregonian|first=Shawn|last=Levy|title=Sundance-ish: Howard Rodman: "'Fortunate' is the word, not 'lucky'"|date=January 23, 2008|accessdate=August 2, 2024}}</ref> They were released in 2008 from IFC and First Look, respectively. Rodman's screenplay for ''Savage Grace'' was nominated for a Spirit Award in the Best Screenplay category.<ref>{{cite web|website=IMDb|title=Howard A. Rodman|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734912/?ref_=pro_nm_visitcons|accessdate=August 2, 2024}}</ref>
== ''Destiny Express'' ==
''Destiny Express'' was published in January 1990 by Atheneum Books.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780689120909| title = ISBN 9780689120909 – Destiny Express}}</ref> It was blurbed by Thomas Pynchon, who called it "Daringly imagined and darkly romantic — a moral thriller."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.reddit.com/r/ThomasPynchon/comments/2pix1o/pynchon_recommends/| title = Pynchon recommends...| date = December 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/biblio/index.html#blurbs/| title = Thomas Pynchon Bibliography}}</ref>
''Destiny Express'' is an historical romance. Set in Berlin in March 1933, it explores the stark choices faced by the German filmmaking community – chief among them legendary director Fritz Lang (''M''; ''Metropolis''), and his acclaimed wife and collaborator, Thea von Harbou. Lang was famously offered the position of head of the Reich's film industry by Joseph Goebbels, and fled on the next train to Paris; von Harbou stayed, and made films for the Nazis. ''Destiny Express'' is thus the story of the end of a marriage, set in one of history's most crucial junctures. Other historical figures – Bertolt Brecht, Billy Wilder among them – play significant roles in the novel's intertwined narratives.<ref>{{cite web| website=Publishers Weekly| url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780689120909 | title=Destiny Express|accessdate=August 2, 2024}}</ref> The novel will be reissued in paperback on May 19, 2026, from Rare Bird Books/Unnamed Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster.<ref>https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Destiny-Express/Howard-A-Rodman/9781644285534</ref>
== ''The Great Eastern'' ==
The novel ''The Great Eastern'' by Howard A. Rodman was published<ref>{{cite book| url = https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-great-eastern/| title = The Great Eastern » Melville House Books| date = June 4, 2019}}</ref> on June 4, 2019, by Melville House Publishing. In 2020, actor Keegan-Michael Key was quoted in ''The New York Times'' as saying of the book, "It’s great. It’s been my favorite read of the year so far."<ref>{{cite web|website=The New York Times|title=Keegan-Michael Key Reaches into the Past With 'Midnight Run' and 'Electric Ladyland'|first=Kwame|last=Opam|date=December 15, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/movies/keegan-michael-key-favorites.html|accessdate=August 2, 2024}}</ref>
In March 2019, the film rights to ''The Great Eastern'' were acquired by the UK film company Great Point Media, and Rodman was commissioned to write the screen adaptation.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Howard A. Rodman's Book 'The Great Eastern' to Be Adapted Into Movie|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/howard-a-rodman-great-eastern-movie-1203163719/ |magazine=Variety}}</ref>
As with ''Destiny Express'', ''The Great Eastern'' will be reissued in paperback on May 19, 2026, from Rare Bird Books/Unnamed Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster.<ref>https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Great-Eastern/Howard-A-Rodman/9781644285541/9781644285534</ref>
== Reviews == *{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/movies/keegan-michael-key-favorites.html| title=Keegan-Michael Key Reaches into the Past With 'Midnight Run' and 'Electric Ladyland'| author=Keegan-Michael Key| date=December 15, 2020| work=The New York Times}} *{{cite news| url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/past-and-pastiche-in-howard-a-rodmans-the-great-eastern/| title=Past and Pastiche in Howard A. Rodman's 'The Great Eastern'| author=Brian Evenson| author-link=Brian Evenson| date=July 15, 2019| work=Los Angeles Review of Books}} *{{cite news| url=https://nbmagazine.co.uk/the-great-eastern-by-howard-a-rodman/| title='The Great Eastern' by Howard A. Rodman| author=Paul Burke| author-link=Paul Burke (literary critic)| date=June 15, 2019| work=NB Magazine| archive-date=October 18, 2021| access-date=April 25, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018163641/https://nbmagazine.co.uk/the-great-eastern-by-howard-a-rodman/| url-status=dead}} *{{cite news| url=http://thetangential.com/2019/07/17/book-review-howard-rodmans-the-great-eastern-pits-ahab-against-nemo/| title= Howard Rodman's 'The Great Eastern' Pits Ahab Against Nemo| author=Jay Gabler| author-link=Jay Gabler| date=July 17, 2019| work=The Tangential}} *{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/04/books/fate-calls-for-fritz-lang.html| title= Fate Calls for Fritz Lang| author=Deborah Mason| author-link=Deborah Mason| date=March 4, 1990| work=The New York Times Book Review}} *{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-11-bk-109-story.html| title= The Great Escape That Never Was : DESTINY EXPRESS by Howard A. Rodman| author=Ernest Callenbach| date=March 11, 1990| work=Los Angeles Times}}
==Filmography== * ''Fallen Angels (American TV series)'' (1993) (Episode "The Quiet Room")<ref>{{cite web| url = https://variety.com/1993/film/reviews/television-fallen-angels-parts-i-iii-showtime-suns-july-1-15-29-10-p-m-1200433101/| title = Television Fallen Angels Parts I-III Showtime, Suns. July 1, 15, 29, 10 p.m. – Variety| date = August 2, 1993}}</ref> * ''Fallen Angels (American TV series)'' (1993) (Episode "The Frightening Frammis")<ref>{{cite web| url = https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/angels-leads-series-ascent-at-cableace-115579/| title = 'Angels' leads series ascent at CableAce – Variety| date = November 3, 1993}}</ref> * ''Fallen Angels (American TV series)'' (1995) (Episode "Professional Man")<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576499/| title = "Fallen Angels" The Quiet Room (TV Episode 1993) – IMDb| website = IMDb}}</ref> * ''The Hunger (TV series)'' (1997) (Episode "The Swords")<ref>{{cite web| url = https://mubi.com/films/the-hunger-the-swords/cast| title = The Hunger: The Swords – Cast & Crew on MUBI}}</ref> * ''The Hunger (TV series)'' (1997) (Episode "No Radio") (Directed only)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://mubi.com/films/the-hunger-no-radio| title = The Hunger: No Radio (1997) {{!}} MUBI}}</ref> * ''Joe Gould's Secret'' (2000)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-07-ca-16823-story.html| title = Gould Is Noisy Subject of Thoughtful 'Secret' – Los Angeles Times| website = Los Angeles Times| date = April 7, 2000}}</ref> * ''Track Down'' (2000)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b816a667b| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180309034254/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b816a667b| url-status = dead| archive-date = March 9, 2018| title = Track Down (2004) {{!}} BFI}}</ref> * ''August'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/film-detail?fid=837| title = AUGUST by Austin Chick @ Brooklyn Film Festival}}</ref> * ''Savage Grace'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jun-13-et-savage13-story.html| title = Benign wealth but 'Savage' behavior – Los Angeles Times| website = Los Angeles Times| date = June 13, 2008}}</ref>
== Other activities == Rodman is a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/film-academy-board-elections-2021-1234971333/| title = Oscars: Elections Turn Film Academy Board Majority-Female for First Time Ever – The Hollywood Reporter| website = The Hollywood Reporter| date = June 21, 2021}}</ref> He founded and chairs the Writers Guild Independent Writers Caucus.<ref>{{Cite web|title=WGAW The Independent Writers Caucus (IWC)|url=http://www.wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=925|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006045406/http://wga.org/subpage_writersresources.aspx?id=925|archivedate=2012-10-06}}</ref> He has chaired FilmIndependent's Spirit Awards feature film jury<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/2007-film-independents-spirit-awards-nominations-announced|title=Movieweb|accessdate=July 29, 2024|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221022644/http://www.movieweb.com/news/2007-film-independents-spirit-awards-nominations-announced|url-status=dead}}</ref> as well as the USC Scripter Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usc.edu/libraries/scripter/|title=25th Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award|accessdate=July 29, 2024|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111150217/http://www.usc.edu/libraries/scripter/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is the president of the USC chapter of the American Association of University Professors,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uscaaup.org/leadership|title=Leadership|website=USC AAUP|accessdate=July 29, 2024}}</ref> a Fellow of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usc.edu/libraries/partners/laih/fellows/HowardA.Rodman.htm|title=LAIH Fellows, Howard A. Rodman|accessdate=July 29, 2024|archive-date=August 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827005311/http://www.usc.edu/libraries/partners/laih/fellows/HowardA.Rodman.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Academy Invites 134 to Membership|date=September 10, 2014|url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2009/20090630.html}}</ref> a former trustee of the Writers Guild Foundation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wgfoundation.org/about/staff|title=Staff and Board|website=The Writers Guild Foundation|accessdate=July 29, 2024}}</ref> vice-chair of the Committee on the Professional Status of Writers;<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Hollywood Reporter, WGAW 2011 Elections|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/howard-a-rodman-228632 | first=Jonathan | last=Handel|date=August 28, 2011}}</ref> and serves on several nonprofit boards, among them the Franco-American Cultural Fund,<ref>{{Cite web|title=16th Annual City of Lights City of Angels Film Festival|url=http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Howard+A.+Rodman/16th+Annual+City+Lights+City+Angels+Film+Festival/VuLk3f7K9Yv}}</ref> and Cornell in Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cornell Alumni Magazine|url=http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=485&Itemid=56&ed=12}}</ref> He is an alumnus of the Seed Fund Board of the Liberty Hill Foundation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.libertyhill.org/page.aspx?pid=586|title=Liberty Hill Foundation|accessdate=July 29, 2024}}</ref> and a former editor of ''The Bill of Rights Journal''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Bill of Rights Journal N.E.C.L.C. 25th Anniversary December 1976|date=January 1976|publisher=Nat'l Emergency Civil Liber|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002DTA1P0}}</ref>
Rodman is also on Los Angeles committee of PEN America.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pen.org/los-angeles-committee/| title = Los Angeles Committee – PEN America| date = January 29, 2019}}</ref> PEN International stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://pen.org/about-us/| title = About Us – PEN America| date = September 20, 2016}}</ref>
He is a member of the National Film Preservation Board, which advises Librarian of Congress on the annual selection of films to the National Film Registry. It also advises on national film preservation planning policy.<ref>{{Cite web| title=National Film Preservation Board Members 1988-2019 | website=Library of Congress | url=https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/NFPB_Members_1988-2019.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128055815/https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/NFPB_Members_1988-2019.pdf | archive-date=2019-11-28}}</ref>
Rodman is a member of The Quill and Dagger Society, founded at Cornell University in 1893.
Working with the Library Foundation of Los Angeles,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://lfla.org/event/dictionaries-and-the-bending-of-language/| title = Dictionaries and the Bending of Language – Library Foundation of Los Angeles}}</ref> USC,<ref name="cinema.usc.edu">{{cite web| url = https://cinema.usc.edu/faculty/profile.cfm?id=6619&first=&last=&title=&did=50&referer=%2Ffaculty%2Ffacultydirectory.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=181| title = USC Cinematic Arts {{!}} Directory of SCA Faculty}}</ref> and the Writers Guild,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.wga.org/the-guild/about-us/history/presidents| title = Presidents}}</ref> Rodman has conducted public conversations with such writers as Tom Wolfe,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/e-media/podcasts/aloud/evening-tom-wolfe| title = An Evening with Tom Wolfe {{!}} Los Angeles Public Library}}</ref> Ricky Jay, Jeannette Seaver, Vince Gilligan, Geoff Dyer, and Lady Antonia Fraser.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/e-media/podcasts/aloud/must-you-go-my-life-harold-pinter| title = Must you Go? My Life with Harold Pinter {{!}} Los Angeles Public Library}}</ref><ref name="cinema.usc.edu"/>
In November 2019, he was a member of the jury<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.festivalcannes1939.com/the-jury| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190717170047/https://www.festivalcannes1939.com/the-jury| archive-date = July 17, 2019| title = The Jury — Le festival international du film de Cannes 1939 à Orléans en 2019}}</ref> at the Cannes 1939 Film Festival in Orléans France.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.festivalcannes1939.com/1st-cannes-film-festival-1939| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190717170037/https://www.festivalcannes1939.com/1st-cannes-film-festival-1939| archive-date = July 17, 2019| title = English — Le festival international du film de Cannes 1939 à Orléans en 2019}}</ref>
Rodman also contributes to the Los Angeles Review of Books.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/howard-a-rodman| title = Los Angeles Review of Books}}</ref> His latest articles include 'After Hours Capitalism: On Tom Lutz's "Born Slippy"'<ref>{{cite web| url = https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/after-hours-capitalism-on-tom-lutzs-born-slippy/| title = After Hours Capitalism: On Tom Lutz's "Born Slippy"| date = January 15, 2020}}</ref> a review of Tom Lutz’s "Born Slippy",<ref>{{cite web| url = https://repeaterbooks.com/product/born-slippy-a-novel/| title = Born Slippy: A Novel – Repeater Books}}</ref> published by Repeater Books and [https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/192nd-anniversary-birth-jules-verne/ 'On the 192nd Anniversary of the Birth of Jules Verne'.]
Rodman contributed to Black Clock literary magazine, published semi-annually by CalArts in association with its MFA Writing Program. Rodman's work was published in issues 4,<ref name=1202bot>{{Cite web| url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t/t1202.htm#BOT | title=Black Clock #10, Spring/Summer 2009 | access-date=2020-08-04 | archive-date=2020-09-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925075614/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t/t1202.htm#BOT | url-status=dead}}</ref> 5,<ref name=1202bot/> 10,<ref name=1202bot/> 13,<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t/t1203.htm#TOP | title=Contents Lists | access-date=2020-08-04 | archive-date=2020-09-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925075608/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t/t1203.htm#TOP | url-status=dead}}</ref> 19,<ref name="philsp.com">{{Cite web| url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t/t1204.htm#TOP | title=Black Clock #17, Summer/Fall 2013 | access-date=2020-08-04 | archive-date=2020-09-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925075603/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/t/t1204.htm#TOP | url-status=dead}}</ref> 20,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://calarts.edu/about/news-and-events/press-kit/press-releases/black-clock-20 | title=Black Clock 20 }}</ref> 21.<ref name="philsp.com"/>
Rodman contributed the afterword to 'No Room at the Morgue'<ref name="nyrb.com">{{cite web| url = https://www.nyrb.com/products/no-room-at-the-morgue?variant=30292250001545| title = No Room at the Morgue – New York Review Books| date = August 11, 2020}}</ref> by Jean-Patrick Manchette, published in 2020 by New York Review Books.<ref name="nyrb.com"/>
==Honors and awards== On October 31, 2013, Rodman was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://deadline.com/2013/10/global-showbiz-briefs-broadchurch-book-the-escape-artist-sales-bassem-youssef-louis-delluc-shortlist-more-622674/| title = Global Showbiz Briefs: 'Broadchurch' Book; 'The Escape Artist' Sales; Bassem Youssef; Louis Delluc Shortlist; More – Deadline| date = October 30, 2013}}</ref> In January 2023 he was promoted from Chevalier to Officier.
In February 2018 he was inducted into Final Draft (software)'s Screenwriters Hall of Fame,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Final Draft Awards to Honor 'The Post's' Liz Hannah and Former WGA West Chief Howard Rodman|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/final-draft-awards-posts-liz-hannah-wga-west-president-howard-rodman-be-honored-10776684 | work=Hollywood Reporter | first=Scoott|last=Feinberg|date=January 23, 2018}}</ref> alongside Robert Towne, Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Nancy Meyers, Paul Schrader, Lawrence Kasdan et al.
In February 2020 Rodman was presented with the USC Associates Award for Artistic Expression, "the highest honor the University bestows on its members for significant artistic impact," by USC Provost Charles Zukoski.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USC Associates Awards|url=https://www.provost.usc.edu/faculty-distinctions/university/usc-associates-awards/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826041809/http://www.provost.usc.edu/faculty-distinctions/university/usc-associates-awards/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 26, 2017|access-date=2020-11-13|website=USC Provost|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Personal life== He was married to the writer and media scholar Anne Friedberg,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Anne Friedberg dies at 57; professor at USC's School of Cinematic Arts|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-oct-14-me-anne-friedberg14-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Elaine|last=Woo|date=October 14, 2009}}</ref> author of ''The Virtual Window''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The MIT Press: The Virtual Window|url=http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?tid=10780&ttype=2|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921044639/http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10780|archivedate=2012-09-21}}</ref> until her death in 2009; they have one son, Tristan Rodman. Their house, the 1957 John Lautner "Zahn Residence," has been widely published. Their work with Lautner in restoring it was chronicled in the February 2002 issue of ''Dwell'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Dwell|date = February 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MsQDAAAAMBAJ&q=zahn+dwell+rodman&pg=PA50}}</ref>
In June 2017, he wed the artist and professor Mary Beth Heffernan.
In November 2023, he spoke in solidarity against academic repression of Palestinian activism.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-24 |title=Jewish cultural center cancels book event with acclaimed USC professor who criticized Israel |url=https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2023/10/23/jewish-cultural-center-cancels-book-event-with-acclaimed-usc-professor-who-criticized-israel/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Annenberg Media |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0734912}} * [http://cinema.usc.edu/faculty/profile.cfm?id=6619&first=&last=&title=&did=19&referer=facultydirectory.cfm&startpage=1&startrow=31 Howard Rodman's USC faculty page]
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